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Cargo crime surge alarms TAPA

Cargo crime in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is still growing at an alarming rate, with the 598 new  losses in the second quarter of 2016, up 93%, says the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). The 18 countries in the region saw 21 major thefts involving a loss value of €100,000 or more, eight of them in the UK. The biggest single loss reported was a violent truck robbery ... [+]

Data sharing will cut freight thefts, says TAPA chairman

Chairman of the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA), Thorsten Neumann, has called for increased sharing of data by law enforcement agencies as cargo crimes in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region reached a three-year high in the first quarter of 2016. He said that the industry already received ... [+]

Surge in security certification – but there’s still work to do, says TAPA

The Transported Asset Protection Association EMEA says there has been a 14% increase in logistics facilities and trucking operations achieving its security certification since it launched its ‘Step Up & Stand Out’ campaign in October. Since then the number of certifications for its Facility Security Requirements (FSR) has risen to 463, ... [+]

More data means more cargo crime, says TAPA

The reporting of cargo crimes to the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Incident Information Service (IIS) reached a five-year high in 2015. However, the 37.4% year-on-year increase to 1,515 recorded freight thefts in the EMEA region mainly reflects growing awareness of cargo crime among law enforcement agencies in the EMEA ... [+]

Don’t sit back and become a victim, warns security chief

A supply chain security chief is calling on businesses not to become a victim of cargo crime before taking action to securing their supply chains. With the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA)'s latest figures for Q3 2015 showing a further 10.6% year-year rise in incidents in the region, Europe, Middle East ... [+]

TAPA offers cost-effective security certificate

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has launched a new entry level for its certification programmes for transport and logistics companies looking to implement industry-leading security standards. Available to both members and non-members, the aim is to increase the number of TAPA-certified cargo warehouses and trucking operations in Europe, the ... [+]

Anti-crime agency praises UK’s proactive approach

Cargo crime data recorded by Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) Europe, Middle East and Africa’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in the first quarter of 2015 shows the UK and the Netherlands with the highest levels of reported incidents, accounting for over 67% of the 206 freight thefts or attempted thefts ... [+]

Three cargo heists a day in Europe, says TAPA

Major cargo crimes in Europe are running at an average of three a day with an average loss of over €205,000, according to the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). The association's 2014 Incident Information Service (IIS) Annual Report for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region recorded 1,102 incidents of ... [+]

TAPA launches new standards to combat cargo crime wave

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has launched what is says is the most comprehensive supply chain security standards for facilities and trucking in its 17-year history, to combat increasingly sophisticated thefts by organised criminal gangs. The new 2014 versions of the Association’s Facility Security Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security Requirements ... [+]

Emirates gains security rating

Emirates Group Security has become the first aviation organisation in the region Middle East to be awarded TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) Air Cargo Security Standard (TACSS) certifications for its cargo facilities. TACSS is a new TAPA certification program which consolidates security solutions for air cargo, including best known methods ... [+]

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